PROTEIDZH !: PROTEUS. 65 
1. PROTEUS. 
Head oblong, truncated. Eyes very small. Maxillary teeth none. 
Palatine teeth in two long series. t.4.f.16. Tongue not to 
be distinguished. — Gills large, 3: 3. on each side, fringed. 
— Feet four.—Toes 3: 4.— Tail short, compressed. — Body 
elongate, cylindrical. — Skin smooth. 
Proteus (sp.) Laur. Rept. 37. 1788; Schneider, Amph. i. 31. 
Proteus Schreiber, Phil. Trans. 1801; Latr. Rept. iv. 310.; Daud. 
Rept. viii. 263.; Michah, Isis, 1830, 190.; Cuvier, R. An. ui. 102., 
Oss. Fos. v. 427. (not Miller.) 
_ Larvarius Rafin. Annal. Nat. 78. 1815. | 
Platyrhynchus Leuckart, Equo Bisulco, 4. 1816. 
Hypochthon Merrem, Tent. 188. 1820; Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, 
215.; Tschudi, Batrac. 97.; Fitz. S. R. 35. 
1. PROTEUS ANGUINUS. 
Pale bluish, becoming darker when exposed. 
Proteus anguinus Laur. Rept. 37. t. 4. f.3.; Schreib. Amph. 1. 45. 
Phil. Trans. 1801; Confighachi et Rusconi, Prot. Ang.; Latr. 
Rept. ii. 306.; Daud. Rept. viii. 266.; Cuvier in Humb. Obs. 
, Zool. i. 119. t. 13. f. 5. —10..102. 
_ Siren anguinus Shaw, Zool. iii. 608. 
. Hypochthon Laurentit Merrem, Tent. 188.; Fitz. N. Class, 66., 
8. R. 35.3; Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, 215. 
H. anguinus Bonap. Amph. Eur. 94.; Tschudi, Batr. 97. 
P. Laurentii, P. Freyeri, R. Schreibersii, R. Zoysii, P. Carrare, 
and P. xanthostictus Filzinger, Mus. Vienna. 
Osrrot. t.4. f.16. Cuvier, Humboldt, Obs. Zool. 1.418. (skelet.), 
Oss. Fos.v. 427. t. 27. f. 14, 15. ) 
a. In spirits. Adult. Carniola. 
S. anguinus Shaw, B. M. 
b—d. In spirits. Nearly adult. Carniola 
e, f. In spirits. Young. Carniola. Presented by M. Drum- 
mond, Esq. | 
g. In spirits. Nearly adult. Carniola. Presented by B. 
Tyndall, Esq. 
h. In spirits, Young. Carniola? Presented by Miss Bell. 
t. In spirits. Half-grown. Carniola? 
k. In spirits. Adult. Krain, Magdalenengrotte. 
P. anguinus Schreber. 
1. In spirits. Adult. Krain. From the Vienna Museum. 
P. Laurentii Fitzinger. 
m. In spirits. Adult. Krain. From the Vienna Museum. 
P. Freyeri Fitzinger. 
